Means for hanging up hats



H C m P w MEANS FOR HANGING UP HATS Filed June 50, 1951 Patented May 17, 1932 WALTER moon, OEDRESDEN, GERMANY.

FVFICYETT' MEANS ron HANGING U]? HATS Application filed June 30, 1931, Serial No. 547,967, and in Germany July 8, 1-930.

The present invention relates to means for hanging up hats, means which at the same time may easily be brought into service position.

Many efforts have already been made in order to provide means of the manner described both of manipulation, but the results obtained have not given general satisfaction. For example, a perforated leather flap has been attached to the seam of the leather sweat-band on the inner side of the hat. Such leather flaps must, however, be limited to a certain size, and it has been found that they are not very convenient for hanging up a hat. As they are further attached to the hat by means of the seam of the sweat-band, they are in a high degree subject to the destructive action of perspiration, and owing to their thickness they are often the cause of troublesome pressure on the head. Every time the hat is hung up by means of the flap, the leather sweatband attached to the hat by a seam is bent inward, this being of disadvantage to the shape of the hat.

The disadvantages of means hitherto invented have been removed by the present invention. According to same, an endless cord or band loop has been provided, for preference placed between the sweat-leather and the inner side of the hat and penetrating the seam at two points situated at a certain distance from one another. The loop is thus guided and held in a certain position by the seam. When the loop has been pulled back into its original position and the hat is carried on the head, only a small, hardly noticeable piece of the loop remains visible and graspable. Such a loop can easily be interchanged at any time and may conveniently be placed in the space between the sweat-leather and the inner side of the hat. In this position, it is neither visible nor does it exert any troublesome pressure on the head, as the loop may be a very thin cord loop. The special advantage of this new arrangement is that the whole length of the loop may be utilized for hanging up. A long cord may be chosen without any inconvenience whatever, and in this case it is possible simple construction and easy had to the accompanying drawings,

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to hang up hats on objects of-a fairly large diameter, this being sometimes desirable. It is just as easy to pull the loop back into its original position as to'pull it out into service position. For both purposes, only asimple movement of the hand is necessary.

The means described for hanging up hats maybe considerably improved by providing aspecial thin, but stiff tin or celluloid plate fixed:to the innerside of the hat or. to the inner side of thesweat-leather and carrying holes sufliciently large to admitand to guide the cord or band'looplncase of a tin plate, itis of advantage to provide jagged projec :tions arranged such that the space'between two neighboring projections may be utilized for guiding the loop.

In order to clearly understand-the nature of the'present invention, reference maybe in which I Fig; 1 is a view in elevation of the inner side of a portion of a hat with a suspending -means applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a-similar view ofanother form of suspending means; and Fig. 3 shows a guide plate of somewhat dif- The endless piece of cord or band 1 is arranged between the inner side-of the hat 2 and the sweat leather 3 attached to the inner part of the hat by seam 4 on the inner edge of the brim. The loop 1 penetrates the seam etat two points A and B, part 1a of the loop being always graspable and ready for pullingou't the loop into "service position (shown by dotted lines).- This simple arrangement is of special importance in such cases in which it is intended to provide perforations A and B in the hat itself. In other cases, however, e. g. Where it is feared that the seam of the sweat-leather will in time be damaged owing to perspiration, and in which the loop 1 is also arranged between the sweat-leather 3 and the inner part of the hat 2, it is of advantage to provide a thin plate 5 made of tin, celluloid or any other suitable material, carrying holes 5a for guiding the cord loop. This arrangement is to be preferred, because all strain is removed from the seam and evening a support for the inner side of the hat or the sweat-leather respectively. This plate may be fixed by stitches 6 or by means of jagged projections 7 pushed through the material 2 and bent back, simultaneously forming guide-spaces 5a for the cord loop 1.

I claim 1. The combination with a hat including a body and a sweat band, of suspension means including a plate of stiff material secured between the sweat band and body and provided with spaced cord guiding means, and an endless strand having sides held between the sweat band and body and guided, by said guiding means, said strand having a loop portion projecting downwardly from beneath the sweat band.

2. The combination with a hat including a 'body and a sweat band, of suspension means incl-udinga plate of stifi" materialhaving cord guiding means adjacent each edge in approximate alinement,'and an endless cord having side Eportions held between the sweat band and body, and extending respectively through the pairs of guiding means at the sides of the plate, said cord having a loop portion connecting the sides and projecting downwardly from beneath the'sweat band.

3. The combination with a hat including a body and a sweat band, of suspension means including a plate of relatively stiff material having pairs of cord guiding :holes adjacent 'eachedge, and an endless cord havingside :p'ortions held between the sweat band and body, and extending respectively through thegpair's of guiding holes at the sides of the plate, said cord having a loop portion connecting the sides and projecting downward- 1y -f=rombeneath thesweatban 4. The combination with a hat including a body'anda sweat band,-of suspension means including a rectangular plate ofstiflfmaterial having {pairs of -attaching and cord guiding prongs adj acent each corner, and an endless cord havingside =portions held between the sweat band and body, and extending' respectively through the pairs of prongs at the sides of the plate, saidcord having a loop .portion'connecting the sides and projecting downwardly from beneath the sweat band.

WALTER PIOGH. 

